Allexander Cooper
          1901

Estate of Alexander Cooper 1901
From LDS Microfilm #2057616

In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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In the Estate of Alexander Cooper DECEASED

I, Thomas Cooper, of Irelands Eye, in the Electoral District of Trinity in the Island of Newfoundland, Planter, make oath and say that Alexander Cooper, late of Ireland's Eye in the Electoral District of Trinity in the Island aforesaid, deceased, died intestate; that I will well and faithfully administer the estate and effects, rights and credits of the said deceased, by paying his just debts and distributing the residue of his estate and effects according to law; that I will exhibit a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the said estate and effects, rights and credits, and render a just and true account thereof whenever required by law so to do; that the said deceased died at Ireland's Eye on the 2^nd day of November one thousand nine hundred and one; that at the time of his death, the said deceased had a fixed place of abode in the Island aforesaid; and, that the gross value of the said estate and effects, rights and credits of the said deceased is One thousand dollars and no more, according to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Sworn at Trinity in the Electoral
District of Trinity on the                                        Thomas Cooper
Thirteenth day of December
A.D. 1901, before me

G. R. Lilly
Comm'r Affts

In the Supreme Court

In re
Alexander Cooper
deceased

OATH OF ADMINISTRATOR

Administration granted to
Thomas Cooper
on the 17^th day of
December 1901

Value of Estate $ 1000.00

Sureties:
W. S. Lockyer
F. Ash

I certify that the notice on the other side hereof has been posted in the Registry from the day of the date thereof to the present day, and that no caveat or other objection has been entered thereto.
          Dated the 11^th day of December A.D. 1901

Geo. J. Adams
Clerk

HORWOOD & CONROY                                        LAW CHAMBERS, ST. JOHN'S, NFLD.
BARRISTERS, &c

NOTICE

Three days after the date hereof application will be made to the Supreme Court of a Judge thereof for Letters of Administration to the estate of Alexander Cooper, late of Ireland's Eye, Trinity, Fisherman, deceased, to be granted to Thomas Cooper, of the said place, father of the said deceased.
          Dated the 6^th day of December A.D. 1901

D.M.B.          Horwood& Conroy
                       Solicitors for applicant

To the Honourable the Supreme Court or one of the Honourable the Judges thereof.

The petition of Thomas Cooper, of Ireland's Eye in the District of Trinity, Newfoundland, by his Solicitor Charles O'Neill Conroy

Humbly Sheweth that :-

1. Alexander Cooper, late of Ireland's Eye aforesaid, Fisherman, deceased, died at the said place on the 2^nd day of November A.D. 1901, Intestate, leaving him surviving your petitioner, his father, and five brothers.
2. The inventory and valuation hereto annexed is according to the best of my knowledge, information and belief, a just and true inventory and valuation of the property of the said deceased at the time of his death.
3. Neither letters of Probate to any will nor letters of Administration to the estate of the said deceased have been granted forth of this Honourable Court to anyone.

          Your petitioner therefore prays that your Honourable Court or your Lordship may be pleased to grant to him letters of administration to the estate of the said Alexander Cooper, deceased.
          And, as in duty bound, will ever pray etc. etc.
          Dated at St. Johns this 6^th day of December A.D. 1901

Chas. O'Neill Conroy
Solicitor for said petitioner

In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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In the Estate of Alexander Cooper DECEASED.

Inventory and Valuation of the Property of the said Deceased.

Newfoundland
St. Johns, SS
I, Thomas Cooper, of Ireland's Eye, Trinity, Planter, make oath and say as follows :-

1. I am the petitioner in the foregoing petition named.
2. The several things therein contained are correct and true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Sworn at St. Johns aforesaid                                        Thomas Cooper
this 6^th day of December
A.D. 1901, before me

D. F. Kent
Commissioner of Affidavits, S.C.

1901

In the Supreme Court of Nfld

Estate of Alexander
Cooper of Ireland's Eye
Trinity deceased.

Petition for Letters of
Administration

Fiat, Usual security

D. Morison
J

Dec 11/ 01

HORWOOD & CONROY
Solicitors
Law Chambers, St. John's, N.F.

Know all Men by these Presents: That we Thomas Cooper of Ireland's Eye, Trinity, Planter, ??? ??? ??? S. Lockyer Shop Keeper ??? ??? ??? Master Mariner both of Trinity in the Northern District are jointly and severally bound unto our Sovereign Lord, Edward VII, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c, in the sum of Two thousand dollars, to be paid to our said Sovereign Lord, the King, His Heirs and Successors for which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves and each of us for the whole, our and each of our executors and administrators, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals.

Dated the 15^th day of December in the year of our Lord 1901.

The Condition of this obligation is such that if the above named Thomas Cooper as administrator of all the estate and effects, rights and credits of Alexander Cooper late of Ireland's Eye aforesaid, in the Island of Newfoundland Fisherman, deceased, (who died on or about the 2^nd day of November A.D. 1901) do, when lawfully called on in that behalf, make, or cause to be made, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the estate and effects, rights and credits of the said deceased, which have or shall come into his hands, possession or knowledge or into the hands of any other person or persons for him and the same so made do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, into the Registry of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, whenever required by law so to do, and the same estate and effects, rights and credits, and all other estate and effects, rights and credits of the said deceased at the time of his death which at any time after shall come into the hands or possession of him the said Thomas Cooper or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for him, do well and truly administer according to law, that is to say, do pay the debts which the said deceased did owe at his decease, and then the Legacies contained in the said Will annexed to the said Letters of Administration to the said committed, so far as such property will thereunder extend and the law bind and further, do make, or cause to be made, a full true and just account of his administration within twelve months or sooner if thereunto required, and all the rest and residue of the property shall deliver and pay unto such person or persons as shall be by law entitled thereto; then this obligation to be void and of no effect, or else to remain in full force and virtue.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered                                        Thomas Cooper
in the presence of                                                           William Lockyer
G. R. Lilly                                                                     Francis Ash
Comm'r

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